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What an Earthquake Did Ia Sonora, Mex.
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NEw YORK, July l3.-A correspondent
Of the Herald telegraphs as follows from
Ell Paso, Texas: s5&4g .Fo AZ,
l have Just returned from the scene Of
the only active volcano in North Amer.
lea. The trip was one OF extraordinary
hardship, accomplished in the face Of oh.
staclee Of which tho entire absencs OF any
road, an arid desert Of over one hundred
miles across and the blazing Gun OF trop.
ical zone, were conspicuous features. IN
The volcano lies twelve miles, aa the
crow flies, from Bayispe, III tho State Of
Sonora, In the extreme northwest corner
Of the Mexican Republic. A rough esti.
mate will place the distance from FL Paso
at 400 miles, calculating on bee line,
The rugged and desolate nature Of the
country, the infrequency OF its spr,nRs and
the almost deadly heat that exists there
nine months out oil the twelve, has ei.
hectually kept out the American PROS
pector, although the mountaius are full of
gold; and even the hardy Mexican has
largely left 1t to it's primal solitude. Here
and there are scattering villages, Of which
Bavispe is q type. The town lies south
west Of Casas Grandes, and Ia hetero-
geneous collection Of adobe shanties and
''jsckals," half under and half above the
ground, and rooted with brush. It con-
,aina about $500 souls, II you count a soul
to each inhabitant. They are so miserably
poor, and live in condition OF such in
discribable squalor, and perpetual misery
that their lot compares unfavorabty with
the wandering coyote, their nearest neigh
Dor. II:5'f,'I,-1 re, e
I We went by way Of the Carralitos hs.
cienda, on the Britton Davis rancho; ".
ing about'due east OF Bayispe, in the State
OF chihuahua. It was from this point
that the real Journey commenced. To con.
ceive the fatigue and ardor Of the trip one
must add blazing sun that scared and
shrlveiled the very granite, a parched and
alkali.laden wind blowing at midday and
filling the throat with it's snar.ing parti-
cles, and reflection from the earth that
was like the breath OF furnace. We
were well supplied with ropes and tackle,
which we had frequent occasion to use,
Tor although it is proverbial that the burro
can cross places where angels fear to
tread, We were obliged to abandon our
pack train almost at the outset. ID
The eighth day brought the explorers
into the vicinity OF Bsvispe; but a little
prior to this we had the first intimation of
seismic disturbances in the shape Of ilut.
terlng tremor OF the earth. These shocks.
which were slight and undulatine, in.
creased in frequency IS we drew near the
town, until scarcely an hour elapsed with
out q repetition Of them. We came in
sight OF Bavispe about 10 o'clock in the
morning, aud the first thing that met our
sight was huddled encampment OF sev-
eral hundred people on the broad mess
that tanks the town. 7,s.2gl -
Bavisps itself may be spoken OF in the
past tense-it no longer exista. On the
first OF last May, just at the gray Of dawn.
the villagers were awakened by sicken.
ing shudder of the earth, followed by a
quick tremor that reduced half Of the
adobes Of the place to ruins. Creeping
out from the wreck Of their dwellings they
sought safety on the level ground, where a
sort of encampment was formed. and
thence in time the entire village has mi.
grated. 4 s. ]Ez3 - u : ~ :.
From BaYispe We had our first Bightoi
our objective point-the volcano. a PEN
nant Of smoke, trailed by the wind from a
low, aquare.topped peak to tho southwest.
defined Its location, while duh and NUT.
terinR roar, almost incessant, told that the
forces Of nature were at work. The vol
cano lies about twelve miles from the site
OF the town, but over such an extraordip-
ally broken tract Of country that we real
lied at once that 1t would require two
days journey to reach it, and pushed
straight ahead without delay. i155-
The phenomena which had been OBJ
served at Bavispe increased in volume as
We approached the mountain. We fol-
lowed the dry bed Of stream which at
some forgotten period had worn cause.
way through the granite. : II was broken
by assures Of evident recent origin, run.
ming from north to south, and in some
cases four or five feet broad and Of un-
known depth. Springing from one OF
these, about four miles out, We encounter.
ed geyser rivalling any of those
In the National Park. q It 10 In the centre
OF circular basin, with sides OF sand and
mud, and about forty feet. in diameter.
At intervals OF fifteen minutes an i'm.
mense stream Of boiling water leaps out
and up to q height Of, l should Judge,
sixty ieet. The geyaer spouts for four or
i've minutes and then subsidies as quickly
as 1t came, disappearing with mutter
that reverberates far down into the bow.
els Of the troubled earth. 2ss 8 53!s e
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